The ban comes two months after Ahed Tamimi was released from a prison after serving an eight-month sentence for slapping an Israeli soldier. (MEE) — Israeli authorities banned Ahed Tamimi, a Palestinian activist and campaigner who became a resistance icon, and her family from travelling abroad, her father said on Friday. Basim Tamimi told Anadolu Agency that he and […]
(MEE) — Back in the 1950s, the US intelligence community coined a term: “blowback”. It referred to the unintended consequences of a covert operation that ended up damaging one’s own cause. There are mounting indications that the intensifying campaign by the Israel lobby in the UK against Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the parliamentary opposition, is starting […]
(ANTIWAR.COM) — The Jerusalem Post, a major Israeli newspaper, published an article on Wednesday quoting Israeli military officials as saying that they had been providing seven different Syrian rebel groups with “large amounts of cash, weapons and ammunition.” Though the report did not name all of the rebel factions subsidized by Israel, it did name Fursan al-Joulan, a rebel […]
(MEMO) — Israel has carried out 202 strikes on Iranian targets in Syria over the past two years, the military has revealed, in a rare summary of its campaign against Iranian entrenchment in the neighbouring conflict. “Only just now it was published – in the name of military sources, so I can quote it too – that […]
(MEMO) — Israel signaled on Monday that it could attack suspected Iranian military assets in Iraq, as it has done with scores of airstrikes in war-torn Syria. Citing Iranian, Iraqi and Western sources, Reuters reported last week that Iran had transferred short-range ballistic missiles to Shi’ite allies in Iraq in recent months. Tehran and Baghdad formally denied that report. […]
(ANTIWAR.COM) — With Russia providing substantial defenses for their allies in Syria, repeated Israeli strikes have been limited in certain ways. Though the details were never totally clear, Israel and Russia made certain deals on what was and wasn’t off limits. But top Israeli officials are telling the press that they intend to escalate their strikes against Syria, […]
(MEMO) — Standing next to a secretive Israeli atomic reactor earlier in the week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to “wipe out” his enemies. In a speech that many will see as the Jewish state breaking its long silence over the possession of nuclear weapons, the Likud leader warned that it has the means to destroy its […]
(MEE) — On Sunday, four Palestinian members of Israel’s parliament, or Knesset, published an open letter in the UK’s Guardian website saluting Jeremy Corbyn “as a champion of peace and justice” and expressing solidarity with the leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party, which has been battling accusations of anti-Semitism for months. Palestinian members of Knesset on @JeremyCorbyn: “we must […]
(MEE) — American pop star Lana Del Rey cancelled on Friday a concert in Israel, citing her inability to perform for Palestinian fans. Del Rey had faced criticism from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanction (BDS) movement over her decision to perform in Israel. She initially resisted the pressure while acknowledging grievances of Palestinian rights supporters. “It’s important […]
(MEMO) — South Korea has recently refused an official request by Israeli President Reuven Rivlin to visit Seoul over the coming months, Israeli media reported. Israel’s Ynet news site reported that Tel Aviv’s Ambassador in South Korea, Chaim Choshen, had proposed the visit on behalf of the Foreign Ministry and in coordination with the president’s office”. The site […]
